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Posted January 02, 2013in Your View

Sacrifices we make to live in Iowa

FLASH NEWS! From the Associated Press: “The Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division, the Ankeny-based agency that operates the state’s wholesale liquor monopoly, says the winter storm is delaying deliveries to alcoholic [...]

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Posted December 26, 2012in Your View

Together we make Des Moines better I just wanted to send a quick note of appreciation for the innovative approach to Chad Taylor’s feature story about the Wild Rose Independent [...]

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Posted December 19, 2012in Your View

  No shortage of nuts at the Register Sorry as hell to be a day (months) late and a damn dollar short — worth 10 cents in today’s Wall Street-wrecked [...]

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Posted December 12, 2012in Your View

  To be a united nation, we must unite The election is now past and in the aftermath, and half the nation is jubilant; the other half is shocked and [...]

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Posted December 05, 2012in Your View

Fairness and honesty? I enjoyed your article recently on the Civic Skinny titled “Ferentz gets $100,000 raise; Rhoads misses $200,000 bonus” (Civic Skinny, Nov. 29). I would have liked to [...]

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Posted November 28, 2012in Your View

Will DART listen to ‘us poor folks’ next time?

To the disaffected transit riders in Des Moines, let’s begin by dispensing with the silly talk about DART not caring. Accusation of not caring cannot be substantiated, and caring is [...]

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Posted November 21, 2012in Your View

Where are the ‘blowhard’ Republicans now? You know, we haven’t heard much from Gov. Branstad since election night. What happened to him? He took millions in federal stimulus money from [...]

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Posted November 14, 2012in Your View

Cole Smithey review of ‘Lincoln’ fails Before today I was not familiar with Cole Smithey. But having read his review of “Lincoln” (Film Review, Nov. 8), I’d suggest you read [...]

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Posted November 07, 2012in Your View

‘God will surely punish us’ When I was growing up in Iowa, the Methodists, as the largest religious denomination in Iowa, controlled the state legislature. Since Methodism is a dry [...]

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Posted October 31, 2012in Your View

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Thanks for remembering Des Moines’ history Thank you so much for the piece in this week’s Cityview on streetcars in Des Moines (Civic Skinny, Oct. 18). They are a fascinating [...]

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